[HTML][HTML] The translational challenge in Chagas disease drug development

JM Kratz, KR Gonçalves, L Romera… - Memorias do Instituto …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi. There is an urgent need for safe, effective, and accessible new …

Nano-medicines a hope for Chagas disease!

SD Choudhury - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chagas disease, is a vector-mediated tropical disease whose causative agent is a parasitic
protozoan named Trypanosoma cruzi. It is a very severe health issue in South America and …

Drug discovery for Chagas disease: impact of different host cell lines on assay performance and hit compound selection

CH Franco, LM Alcântara, E Chatelain… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cell-based screening has become the major compound interrogation strategy in Chagas
disease drug discovery. Several different cell lines have been deployed as host cells in …

Collaborative Virtual Screening Identifies a 2-Aryl-4-aminoquinazoline Series with Efficacy in an In Vivo Model of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

T Tawaraishi, A Ochida, Y Akao, S Itono… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Probing multiple proprietary pharmaceutical libraries in parallel via virtual screening allowed
rapid expansion of the structure–activity relationship (SAR) around hit compounds with …

[HTML][HTML] Higher oral efficacy of ravuconazole in self-nanoemulsifying systems in shorter treatment in experimental chagas disease

PÁ Spósito, AL Mazzeti, KCMP de Castro… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigated the in vitro activity and selectivity, and in vivo efficacy of ravuconazole
(RAV) in self-nanoemulsifying delivery system (SNEDDS) against Trypanosoma cruzi. Novel …

The transcription factor FgAtrR regulates asexual and sexual development, virulence, and DON production and contributes to intrinsic resistance to azole fungicides in …

Y Zhao, H Sun, J Li, C Ju, J Huang - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Fusarium graminearum is a devastating plant pathogen that can cause
wheat head blight. Azole fungicides are commonly used chemicals for control of this …

In Vitro Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity of Halophytes from Southern Portugal Reloaded: A Special Focus on Sea Fennel (Crithmum maritimum L.)

CG Pereira, CB Moraes, CH Franco, C Feltrin… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Marine halophytes are an outstanding reservoir of natural products and several species
have anti-infectious traditional uses. However, reports about their potential use against …

Molecular Characterization of Four Mexican Isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi and Their Profile Susceptibility to Nifurtimox

LD Jaime, LM Aracely, OM Paulina, E Dumonteil… - Acta parasitologica, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The objective of this study was to molecularly characterize Mexican isolates of T.
cruzi obtained from infected triatomine bugs (the vectors of T. cruzi) and to evaluate their …

[HTML][HTML] Development of Novel Drugs for the Treatment of Chagas Disease

A Reséndiz-Mora, JC Santiago-Hernández… - 2023 - intechopen.com
Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is a zoonosis caused by the hemoflagellate
parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It is mainly transmitted by the bite of blood-sucking insects. It is …

Reposicionamiento de fármacos: Recientes avances en el descubrimiento de fármacos contra la enfermedad de Chagas

DC Donado Lidueñas, SM Guzmán Rosales - 2023 - repositorio.uniatlantico.edu.co
Actualmente existen diferentes enfermedades desatendidas, entre esas se encuentra la
enfermedad de Chagas, que es una parasitosis sistémica causada por el protozoario …